The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create a new industry-backed Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help support the creative community which, like many industries, has been devastated by the pandemic. Established with a £1m donation from Netflix, the new Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund will... Continue Reading →
News: Headlong and Century Films announce Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From A State of Isolation
Award winning theatre company Headlong, in association with the BAFTA winning Century Films, have today announced a new creative response to the current global crisis, Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation. Written by celebrated playwrights, curated and directed by Headlong and Century Films and performed by a cast of over twenty UK... Continue Reading →
News: LIFT announces cancellation of 2020 Festival
LIFT Festival has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival due to take place from 2 June – 11 July 2020. Following Government advice on Monday 16 March and to protect the safety of audiences, artists and workforce, LIFT cannot proceed with the festival at this time, and will instead return with an edition in... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre to stream I And You from Monday 23 – Sunday 29 March.
Hampstead Theatre and the entire company of I and You, announce the re-release of hit production I and You by Lauren Gunderson on Instagram for free. For a week, Monday 23 March 10am – Sunday 29 March 10pm GMT, anyone with an Instagram account will be able to watch the full production by following @hampstead_theatre... Continue Reading →
News: Pleasance announces new Edinburgh Fringe shows
Pleasance has announced further acts for this summer's Edinburgh Festival. Sindhu Vee, 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee, known from Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and, more recently, Sex Education, brings a brand new hour of stand-up in Alphabet. World-famous Simon Amstell presents a work-in-progress with his generation-defining comedy. And newcomer Chloe... Continue Reading →
News: Norfolk & Norwich Festival announces cancellation of 2020’s Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival. Following Government advice on Monday 16 March and to protect the safety of audiences, artists and workforce the Norfolk & Norwich Festival Trust has decided not to proceed with the Festival. Norfolk & Norwich Festival, which is approaching its 250th year in 2022,... Continue Reading →
News: Thriller Live confirms end of West End run
Following the closure of all West End theatres due to the Coronavirus outbreak, producers today announce that Thriller Live performed its last Moonwalk at the Lyric theatre on Sunday 15 March 2020 - the 4657th West End performance. Thriller Live had been due to end its record-breaking 11-year run on April 28, and was just... Continue Reading →
News: BFI Flare London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival brings digital offer into homes with BFI Player: BFI Flare at home
While cinema lovers are stuck at home over the coming weeks BFI Flare London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is migrating to BFI Flare at Home following the Festival’s last minute cancellation earlier this week due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. In just days, festival organisers have created an offer to give festival bookers the opportunity to see... Continue Reading →
News: Antic Disposition celebrates 15th anniversary with A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Award-winning site-specific theatre company Antic Disposition celebrate their fifteenth anniversary this summer with a restaging of one of their most popular productions, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed in London’s historic Gray’s Inn Hall. Renowned for their innovative staging of classic plays in unconventional spaces, Antic Disposition will bring Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy to life in... Continue Reading →
